ABOUT
I’m Tamara Brown, the Founder and Creator of The Raw Food Girl. I've developed an absolute love for raw and whole foods, it's become my passion to educate others about the healing power of fruits and vegetables Because I haven't always eaten this way, or felt the level of health and vitality that I do now. As a young girl, I was fortunate to be raised by two parents who were very interested in health. Fruits, vegetables, meat, grains and dairy were staple parts of our diet. But in lieu of popular marketing of the 1990’s, our “healthy” meals consisted of lots of wheat (breads, pastas etc), plenty of canned foods, and everything was cooked in the trusty microwave.
So, when I got married to my amazing husband Stewart in 2007, my diet remained the same. With the birth of our first child in 2008, I added a significant amount of chocolate and icecream to that diet – we were so sleep deprived, I used copious amounts of sugar to get me through it.I was stuffed, but hanging on but a thread. Just.
Then, in 2010, our first son arrived. And around the same time, our then two year old daughter Peyton decided it was a fantastic time to start entertaining us with some truely spectacualr tantrums. I know now that this was simply her way of trying to win back some of our now divided attention. I could understand, but it completely exhausted me.
As a full-time, stay-at-home mother, I assumed it was normal for me to feel tired all the time. I napped whenever my kids were sleeping, compensating for my lack of energy with an increase in foods such as commercial dark chocolate and Diet Coke (both of which I thought were “healthy” options at the time). How far I’ve come!!
Then, in 2010, our first son arrived. And around the same time, our then two year old daughter Peyton decided it was a fantastic time to start entertaining us with some truely spectacualr tantrums. I know now that this was simply her way of trying to win back some of our now divided attention. I could understand, but it completely exhausted me.
As a full-time, stay-at-home mother, I assumed it was normal for me to feel tired all the time. I napped whenever my kids were sleeping, compensating for my lack of energy with an increase in foods such as commercial dark chocolate and Diet Coke (both of which I thought were “healthy” options at the time). How far I’ve come!!